Sports betting odds on Georgetown could be greatly impacted if leading scorer Austin Freeman doesn’t play. The star guard for the Hoyas has been diagnosed with diabetes. His status for the regular season Internet sports betting finale on Saturday against Cincinnati is in question but head coach John Thompson III said he should play again this season.
Sports betting had Freeman missing Monday’s game against West Virginia that the Hoyas lost. He also didn’t do much against Notre Dame in the previous game. The team thought Freeman had a virus but he was diagnosed with diabetes. The team is taking a precaution and will have a doctor from the university hospital attend all of the team’s practices and games for the rest of the season.
Freeman is leading the Hoyas in scoring and his importance for Georgetown can not be overstated in sports betting. Georgetown simply is not a good team in Internet sports betting without Freeman in the lineup. The Hoyas play in the Big East Tournament next week and they will be an NCAA Tournament team. To do anything in either of those tournaments they will have to have Freeman in the lineup and have him at full strength.
The Hoyas are just a .500 team against the sports betting number this season at 12-12. They have not played well of late and Freeman being out of the lineup is a big reason why. The Hoyas were considered a team that could do considerable damage in the NCAA Tournament but they have really slipped in recent weeks. Georgetown normally plays tough defense but even that has suffered in recent weeks. Can you remember a Georgetown team that was ranked 121st in the country on defense? It is just not a typical Georgetown team in sports betting that plays tough defense.
The Hoyas have not looked like a team that can do much of anything in Internet sports betting except go out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Without Freeman that would be almost a sports betting certainty. The Hoyas are only 5-5 against the Internet sports betting odds on the road this season and that is another sign they are not going to do well in the tournament. Road sports betting success or lack thereof, is a big key to how a team will do in the big dance.